Julie Murphy
1) Dumplin'
Author
Series
Dumplin' volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixteen-year-old Willowdean wants to prove to everyone in her small Texas town that she is more than just a fat girl, so, while grappling with her feelings for a co-worker who is clearly attracted to her, Will and some other misfits prepare to compete in the beauty pageant her mother runs.
2) Puddin'
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
Millie Michalchuk has gone to fat camp every year since she was a little girl. Not this year. This year she has new plans to chase her secret dream of being a newscasterâand to kiss the boy sheâs crushing on. Callie Reyes is the pretty girl who is next in line for dance team captain and has the popular boyfriend. But when it comes to other girls, sheâs more frenemy than friend. When circumstances bring the girls together over the course...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Alice is ready to go out in a blaze of glory, but then she discovers she's in remission from cancer and she must deal with all of the mistakes she's made and the people she's hurt.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Patricia “Sweet Pea” DiMarco wasn’t sure what to expect when her parents announced they were getting a divorce. She never could have imagined that they would have the “brilliant” idea of living in nearly identical houses on the same street. In the one house between them lives their eccentric neighbor Miss Flora Mae, the famed local advice columnist behind “Miss Flora Mae I?” Dividing her time between two homes is not easy. And it doesn’t...
Author
Series
Camp Sylvania volume 1
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Magnolia 'Maggie' Hagen is determined to be in the spotlight . . . if she can just get over her stage fright. This summer, though, she has big plans to finally attend Camp Rising Star, the famous performing arts camp she's been dying to go to for three whole summers. But on the last day of school, her parents break the news: Maggie isn't going to Camp Rising Star. She's being shipped off to fat camp--and not just any fat camp. She's going to Camp...
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Long snouts, bright-red lips, pointy heads ... the animal kingdom is full of critters with unique features. Learn about the incredible adaptations that help these creatures - and their odd bods - survive and thrive all around the globe!"--
Author
Series
Meant to be volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In this modern-retelling of Cinderella, plus-size Cindy dreams of becoming a shoe designer. But when a spot opens up on her stepmother's famous reality dating TV competition, Cindy is thrust into the spotlight in ways she never thought possible."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Faith Herbert is a pretty regular teen. When she’s not hanging out with her two best friends, Matt and Ches, she’s volunteering at the local animal shelter or obsessing over the long-running teen drama The Grove. So far, her senior year has been spent trying to sort out her feelings for her maybe-crush Johnny and making plans to stay close to Grandma Lou after graduation. Of course, there’s also that small matter of recently discovering she...
11) Pumpkin
Author
Series
Dumplin' volume 3
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Creating a drag-show audition tape that culminates in an unkind nomination for prom queen, an overweight and openly gay teen partners with a girl who has been nominated for prom king to embrace their true selves.
12) Ramona Blue
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Struggling with family problems and still living in a FEMA trailer years after Hurricane Katrina, lesbian teenager Ramona welcomes the return of her childhood friend Freddie but her shifting feelings for him cause her to question her sexual identity.
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2021.
Language
English
Description
Faith Herbert can finally admit that she’s not a regular teen—and take advantage of her new flying superpowers. After the chaos of her first semester, Faith just wants to end her senior year in a normal way—enjoying all the hallmarks of graduating high school, like prom, with her best friends Matt and Ches. But a new journalism teacher at school means things are off to a strange start, and suddenly Colleen Bristow, the quiet nerd-turned-supervillain,...
Author
Series
Christmas Notch volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Bee Hobbes (aka Bianca Von Honey) has a successful career as a plus-size adult film star. With a huge following and two supportive moms, Bee couldn't ask for more. But when Bee's favorite producer casts her to star in a Christmas movie he's making for the squeaky-clean Hope Channel, Bee's career is about to take a more family-friendly direction. Forced to keep her work as Bianca under wraps, Bee quickly learns this is a task a lot easier said than...
18) Moon madness
Author
Series
Camp Sylvania volume 2
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Last year, Maggie and Nora didn't exactly get the summer of their dreams. Instead, they had to survive a camp run by a covert clan of vampires. But this year, Camp Sylvania is back and under new management -- gentle, hippie-dippie Luna Lupowski. So the girls are convinced to give camp another try. All Nora wants is an unforgettable experience with her best friend. But it's hard to have fun with Maggie fixated on all things otherworldly -- and spending...
19) Chubby bunny
Author
Publisher
Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023].
Language
English
Formats
Description
Barbara "Bunny" Binks comes from a long line of Barbaras, that started with her mother and grandmother. She loves putting her hair up in "bunny buns," playing with her rabbit Ralph, and eating marshmallows. Then one day, she participates in her favorite marshmallow eating contest at field day called "Chubby Bunny," and her classmates start teasing her. But with a little help from her grandma Barbara, Bunny figures out a very sweet solution.
Author
Publisher
Amicus/Amicus Ink
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Animals in varied habitats describe unique features of their eyes and how they are adapted for the jungle, the deep ocean, the desert, and even the dark. From bulging eyes to hiding eyes, handlebar eyes to double-decker eyes, young readers will learn about the diversity of the animal world in this nonfiction picture book"--